Tag Archives: minimalist

After reading Mark Bittman’s Minimalist column An Expedited Tagine the other day, I thought I would try it myself. The New York Times was kind enough to provide his recipe for Chickpea Tagine with Chicken and Apricots, and I adapted it for myself. I had been going to use a piece of pork that was […]

Remember that pre-planning I wrote about? It’s paying off. Earlier this week I roasted five heads of garlic, which made for some amazing smells here in the house. All of that sweet, tasty, roast garlic went into a big tub of roast garlic hummus, made with the huge can of chick peas we got a […]

What is Choices That Matter?

I'm a guy named John, and I do most of the writing around here. I went from a really active lifestyle to a really inactive lifestyle very quickly and my body is noticing. On top of that I'm worried about what's happening to our planet, so, I'm trying to do something about it.

For Christmas I received the book Food Matters, which I found very interesting and inspired me to start changing. Check out my first post for the beginning of the story.